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Texas Man Arrested in Fatal Roadway Shooting of 5-Year-Old Girl | Crime Alert 09.28.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. A Texas man has been arrested and
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  Speaker 2: charged with capital murder in connection with a roadway shooting
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  Speaker 2: that killed a five-year-old girl last weekend. 47-year-old Jeremy Porter
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  Speaker 2: was taken into custody and booked into the Harris County
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  Speaker 2: Jail in Houston after investigators identified him as the suspect
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  Speaker 2: in the fatal shooting of Zalea Walter. The shooting happened
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  Speaker 2: Saturday night in northwest Harris County. Zalea was riding in
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  Speaker 2: a vehicle with her mother, Monica Hicks, and her four
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  Speaker 2: siblings on Grant Road near Jones Road when someone opened
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  Speaker 2: fire on the family's vehicle. Bullets struck the car, killing
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  Speaker 2: the five-year-old. Hicks described the horrifying moment to local outlet
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  Speaker 2: KHOU 11.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't hear a loud gunshot, but I heard like a...
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  Speaker 3: And by that time, my back window shattered, all my
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  Speaker 3: kids in the backseat are screaming, and they continued to
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  Speaker 3: shoot at my car. I did not know my daughter
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  Speaker 3: was hit. until I had to walk around and my
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  Speaker 3: baby was slumped in the seat, like bleeding out.
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  Speaker 2: Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed investigators used evidence, including
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  Speaker 2: automated license plate readers, to identify Porter, who was arrested
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  Speaker 2: less than 24 hours later. The sheriff's office stated on
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  Speaker 2: social media that they remain committed to seeking justice for
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  Speaker 2: Zelaya and supporting her family as the investigation continues.
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  Speaker 3: My daughter was five years old. She had so much
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  Speaker 3: life to live and for it to be taken away
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  Speaker 3: from her by somebody just sensibly using a gun. I
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  Speaker 3: don't understand it.
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  Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. A Northern Virginia
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  Speaker 2: real estate agent was shot and killed allegedly by her
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  Speaker 2: husband inside their home Tuesday, triggering a multi-state manhunt that
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  Speaker 2: ended hours later with his arrest in Pennsylvania. 60-year-old Roger
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  Speaker 2: Bradford of Aldi was charged with first-degree murder and use
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  Speaker 2: of a firearm in the commission of a felony in
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  Speaker 2: the death of his wife, 54-year-old Lisa Bradford. Loudoun County
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff's deputies were called to a home on Quimby Oaks
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  Speaker 2: Place shortly after noon after a relative asked authorities to
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  Speaker 2: check the home, reporting Bradford was allegedly involved in his
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  Speaker 2: wife's death. When deputies arrived, they found Lisa Bradford dead,
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  Speaker 2: while her husband had already left in a rental car.
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  Speaker 2: Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman spoke to Fox 5 about
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  Speaker 2: tracking the suspect.
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  Speaker 1: He actually left the scene by way of a rental car,
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  Speaker 1: and we were able to track the rental car that
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  Speaker 1: went up to Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Police were very thankful
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  Speaker 1: for their assistance in this. They were able to locate
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  Speaker 1: the car, locate him. He has been taken into custody.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators tracked the vehicle north through Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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  Speaker 2: Pennsylvania State Police located Bradford and took him into custody
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  Speaker 2: in Bedford, Pennsylvania around 3.15 Tuesday afternoon, roughly three hours
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  Speaker 2: after deputies responded. Authorities believe the shooting was domestic in nature,
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  Speaker 2: though investigators have not determined whether there were previous domestic incidents.
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  Speaker 2: The murder weapon has not been recovered and searches remain ongoing.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to conduct all the necessary search warrants and
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  Speaker 1: follow up on this as it goes.
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  Speaker 2: The couple's three children have been notified.
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  Speaker 1: Tragic situation, several kids that are part of this family
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  Speaker 1: that have been notified, children have been notified of this
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  Speaker 1: tragic circumstance.
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  Speaker 2: Lisa Bradford was a full-time real estate agent with Compass
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  Speaker 2: since 2008, who previously spent a decade working for Ford
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  Speaker 2: Motor Company. Roger Bradford remains in Pennsylvania pending extradition to Virginia,
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  Speaker 2: with officials noting there is no continuing threat to the public.
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  Speaker 2: Tragedy on a college campus in Oxford, Mississippi, as two
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  Speaker 2: University of Mississippi students found dead under suspicious circumstances have
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  Speaker 2: been identified as 20-year-old Robert Strang, a junior from Atlanta,
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  Speaker 2: and 18-year-old Aiden Hamilton, a freshman from Englewood, Colorado. The
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  Speaker 2: school released their names with their family's approval. String was
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  Speaker 2: discovered at an off-campus home, while Hamilton was found in
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  Speaker 2: Stewart Hall, a campus dorm, according to the Lafayette County
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  Speaker 2: Coroner's Office. Both deaths occurred within hours of each other,
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  Speaker 2: prompting an investigation by the county narcotics task force. Strang's
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  Speaker 2: family spokesman said the family is heartbroken by the loss
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  Speaker 2: of their son and deeply grateful for the outpouring of support.
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  Speaker 2: Both families requested privacy. Strang was a 2026 Rush co-chairman
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  Speaker 2: for Phi Delta Theta, which released a statement mourning both students.
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindall said that while authorities
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  Speaker 2: haven't uncovered indications of foul play, they haven't ruled it out.
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  Speaker 2: Tyndall called the timing of the deaths suspicious, noting that
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  Speaker 2: if both ingested a substance from the same source, investigators
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  Speaker 2: will track it back to that source. Packages of Kratom
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  Speaker 2: sold from a retail store prohibited in Lafayette County were
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  Speaker 2: found at both scenes, though its role remains unconfirmed. Kratom
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  Speaker 2: is sold in convenience stores and online, linked to a
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  Speaker 2: growing number of overdoses. It contains chemicals that increase alertness
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  Speaker 2: at low doses and produce sedating effects at higher doses.
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  Speaker 2: The FDA warns that Kratom and concentrated 7-OH products carry
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  Speaker 2: risks of dependence and addiction, prompting calls for stricter regulations.
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  Speaker 2: Campus Greek Life leaders also previously warned about cyclorafine, a
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  Speaker 2: synthetic opioid requiring multiple Narcan doses. Ole Miss Vice Chancellor Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Shambhoda Mead expressed deep condolences and urged against community speculations.
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  Speaker 2: Governor Tate Reeves confirmed state agencies are helping expedite toxicology reports,
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  Speaker 2: urging parents to discuss drug dangers with their children. For
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  Speaker 2: more crime and justice news, be sure to join us
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani.